Question 1

The Spanish brought the first cattle into Texas in the 1700s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The Ghost Dance was to prepare warriors for battle.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Very few longhorns made it up the Chisholm Trail.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Mexican Americans during the course of the nineteenth century

Accepted Answer

A) saw their standard of living improve slightly. 
B) lost much of their landholdings. 
C) remained about the same. 
D) improved their status significantly. 
E) were forced to leave the country in large numbers. 
A) saw their standard of living improve slightly. 
B) lost much of their landholdings. 
C) remained about the same. 
D) improved their status significantly. 
E) were forced to leave the country in large numbers.

Question 5

The Pendleton Civil Service Act passed during the presidential administration of ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Pendleton Civil Service Act passed during...

Question 6

The Battle of Little Bighorn in which George A. Custer and his men were killed occurred after

Accepted Answer

A) whites had entered the sacred Black Hills seeking gold. 
B) the U.S. army had massacred the Ghost Dancers at Wounded Knee. 
C) Custer had insulted the Sioux chief. 
D) the Sioux had been confined to a reservation in Dakota territory. 
E) the army had carried out mass executions of Indian prisoners of war. 
A) whites had entered the sacred Black Hills seeking gold. 
B) the U.S. army had massacred the Ghost Dancers at Wounded Knee. 
C) Custer had insulted the Sioux chief. 
D) the Sioux had been confined to a reservation in Dakota territory. 
E) the army had carried out mass executions of Indian prisoners of war.

Question 7

When he won the election of 1884, Grover Cleveland became the first Democrat to be elected in 28 years.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Most Americans could not afford to participate in the Homestead Act.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Miller and Lux only hired Chinese laborers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Open-range grazing declined in the West because

Accepted Answer

A) the range had become overstocked. 
B) record cold killed thousands of free range cattle. 
C) scientific breeding proved more profitable. 
D) ranchers began fencing their land. 
E) all of these choices. 
A) the range had become overstocked. 
B) record cold killed thousands of free range cattle. 
C) scientific breeding proved more profitable. 
D) ranchers began fencing their land. 
E) all of these choices.

Question 11

Post-Civil War relations between Anglos and Mexican Americans in Texas were characterized by

Accepted Answer

A) cooperation and friendliness. 
B) intimidation and hostility. 
C) mass deportations to Mexico. 
D) mutual respect and admiration. 
E) constant warfare. 
A) cooperation and friendliness. 
B) intimidation and hostility. 
C) mass deportations to Mexico. 
D) mutual respect and admiration. 
E) constant warfare.

Question 12

During the Civil War, many major American Indian tribes signed treaties of alliance with the Confederacy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Most laborers in the west

Accepted Answer

A) were cowboys. 
B) were miners. 
C) worked for one company all their lives. 
D) made a lot of money. 
E) were itinerant and temporary. 
A) were cowboys. 
B) were miners. 
C) worked for one company all their lives. 
D) made a lot of money. 
E) were itinerant and temporary.

Question 14

Which of these best exemplifies the Lost Cause?

Accepted Answer

A) the effort to defeat Civil Service reform. 
B) fundraising initiatives by southern women to erect statues honoring slain Confederate soldiers. 
C) Ida B. Wells campaign against lynching in the Jim Crow South. 
D) Indian resistance to white encroachment on western lands. 
E) None of these choices. 
A) the effort to defeat Civil Service reform. 
B) fundraising initiatives by southern women to erect statues honoring slain Confederate soldiers. 
C) Ida B. Wells campaign against lynching in the Jim Crow South. 
D) Indian resistance to white encroachment on western lands. 
E) None of these choices.

Question 15

The five "civilized tribes"

Accepted Answer

A) sided with the Confederacy during the Civil War. 
B) were nomadic hunters who followed the buffalo across the plains. 
C) were the first organized group to openly oppose slavery in the United States. 
D) received millions of additional acres of land from the federal government in the 1860s. 
E) moved to Mexico after the Civil War. 
A) sided with the Confederacy during the Civil War. 
B) were nomadic hunters who followed the buffalo across the plains. 
C) were the first organized group to openly oppose slavery in the United States. 
D) received millions of additional acres of land from the federal government in the 1860s. 
E) moved to Mexico after the Civil War.

Question 16

Southern cotton production after the Civil War was so plentiful, prices for it declined tremendously.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The historian who contended that the frontier had shaped American character and culture was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

Frederick

Question 18

____________________ was the founder of Tuskegee Institute who emphasized that educational and economic opportunities were more important than civil rights.

Accepted Answer

Booker T.

Question 19

____________________ was the Santee Sioux chief who led an uprising in Minnesota that resulted in the death of at least 500 Minnesotans.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ was the Santee Sioux chief who...

Question 20

The Homestead Act was unusual in that it allowed _________________________ to claim land.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Homestead Act was unusual in that...

Exam 18: A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Spanish brought the first cattle into Texas in the 1700s.

The Ghost Dance was to prepare warriors for battle.

Very few longhorns made it up the Chisholm Trail.

Mexican Americans during the course of the nineteenth century

The Pendleton Civil Service Act passed during the presidential administration of ____________________.

The Battle of Little Bighorn in which George A. Custer and his men were killed occurred after

When he won the election of 1884, Grover Cleveland became the first Democrat to be elected in 28 years.

Most Americans could not afford to participate in the Homestead Act.

Miller and Lux only hired Chinese laborers.

Open-range grazing declined in the West because

Post-Civil War relations between Anglos and Mexican Americans in Texas were characterized by

During the Civil War, many major American Indian tribes signed treaties of alliance with the Confederacy.

Most laborers in the west

Which of these best exemplifies the Lost Cause?

The five "civilized tribes"

Southern cotton production after the Civil War was so plentiful, prices for it declined tremendously.

The historian who contended that the frontier had shaped American character and culture was ____________________.

____________________ was the founder of Tuskegee Institute who emphasized that educational and economic opportunities were more important than civil rights.

____________________ was the Santee Sioux chief who led an uprising in Minnesota that resulted in the death of at least 500 Minnesotans.

The Homestead Act was unusual in that it allowed _________________________ to claim land.

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, Conquest, Catastrophe

Colonization in North America, 1600-1680

Empires, Indians, and the Struggle for Power in North America, 1670-1720

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent, 1720-1763

Reform, Resistance, Revolution, 1763-1776

The Revolutionary Republic, 1776-1789

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture, 1815-1850

Whigs and Democrats, 1815-1840

Antebellum Reform, 1820-1860

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery 1845-1860

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, Peoples, Cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism, 1900-1917

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War, 1939-1945

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

America at Midcentury, 1953-1963

America During a Divisive War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, Social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2014

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